2010年12月9日，环境保护部出台了《废弃电器电子产品处理企业资格审查和许可指南》。指南针对列入《废弃电器电子产品处理目录（第一批）》（简称《目录》）的产品，即电视机、电冰箱、洗衣机、房间空调器、微型计算机而制定。处理未列入《目录》的废弃电器电子产品及其他电子废物的单位，应当依据《电子废物污染环境防治管理办法》（原环境保护总局令第40号），申请列入电子废物拆解利用处置单位（包括个体工商户）名录（包括临时名录）。家电“以旧换新”政策于2011年12月31日结束后，现有定点拆解企业需重新申请处理资质，废弃电器电子产品也必须交送给有资质的处理企业进行处理。

       根据《废弃电器电子产品回收处理管理条例》（国务院令第551号，以下简称《条例》）及处理目录、发展规划、资格许可、信息系统、处理基金等配套政策， 2012年7月18日，财政部公布了第一批纳入废弃电器电子产品处理基金补贴范围的处理企业名单，有15个省市的43家企业入选该名单；2013年2月4日，财政部公布了第二批纳入废弃电器电子产品处理基金补贴范围的处理企业名单，有12个省市的21家企业入选该名单。2013年12月2日，财政部公布了第三批纳入废弃电器电子产品处理基金补贴范围的处理企业名单，有15个省市的28家企业入选该名单。 2014年6月财政部公布了第四批纳入废弃电器电子产品处理基金补贴范围的处理企业名单，有9个省市的15家企业入选该名单。2015年8月，财政部公布了第五批名单，截止目前，共计109家企业列入基金补贴范围。《条例》及相关配套政策的实施，进一步促进废弃电器电子产品回收处理产业的发展。

On December 9th, 2010, < Guideline on Qualification Verification and Approval on Treatment Enterprises of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Guideline> was published by Ministry of Environmental Protection, China. The Guideline focus on the products listed on < The Catalogue of treatment of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (First Batch)>, which means televisions, refrigerators, washing machines, room air conditions and computers. For recycling the unlisted waste electric and electronic products, according to “Administrative Measures on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Electronic Waste” (SEPA, No.40, effective since Feb. 2008), the recyclers should apply to be in the unit list (including individuals) of e-waste dismantling, utilization and disposal (including provisional list). After the termination of “old for new” rebate program, the current disentailing enterprises need to reapply for the recycling qualification, and the WEEE should only be sent to the qualified enterprises.    

According to “Regulations on the Administration of Recycling and Treatment of Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment” (Decree of the State Council, No. 551, effective since Jan. 2011) and the supporting policies, by 2015, 129 planed e-waste treatment enterprises would be built. Ministry of Finance has announced four batches of qualified WEEE enterprises which are authorized to be funded, which contains 106 e-waste treatment enterprises. August 2015, the Ministry of Finance announced the fifth batch of e-waste treatment enterprises. As of now, a total of 109 enterprises included in the scope of the fund subsidies. As the implement of the Regulation and the supporting policies, the industry of WEEE recycling in China will be further promoted.